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Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT Articles about the recession By Robert Reich Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/15/dow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/15/dow/index.html?source=rss We're just pretending to get richer -- it's not the real thing By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/13/call_of_duty_scoffs_at_recession/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/13/call_of_duty_scoffs_at_recession/index.html?source=rss Up or down economy, expertly rendered digital violence finds a market By Gabriel Winant Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/10/30/blame_economy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/10/30/blame_economy/index.html?source=rss President Obama nicely positioned to take credit for recovery By Robert Reich Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/05/jobs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/05/jobs/index.html?source=rss Four things Obama can do to stem further job losses in the worst labor market in 70 years By Robert Reich Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/02/unemployment/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/02/unemployment/index.html?source=rss If the feds don't spend money to put people back to work, the economy won't recover and politics will get uglier By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/02/yankees_and_the_great_depression/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/02/yankees_and_the_great_depression/index.html?source=rss If a Bronx Bomber victory saved us from a second Great Depression, would their 27th World Series win be OK? By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/29/finally_a_growing_economy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/29/finally_a_growing_economy/index.html?source=rss Third quarter GDP growth is pegged at 3.5 percent -- the first rise in a year. But where are the jobs? By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/22/you_are_fired_forever/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/22/you_are_fired_forever/index.html?source=rss A jobless recovery, defined: As a percentage of new layoffs, "permanent separations" rank at an all-time high By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/19/no_recession_for_apple/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/19/no_recession_for_apple/index.html?source=rss Rising unemployment? There must be an app for that. Steve Jobs announces the best quarter ever for Macs and iPhones By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/08/jobless_claims_at_ten_month_low/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/08/jobless_claims_at_ten_month_low/index.html?source=rss Last week's trend reverses itself as the unemployment picture brightens... slightly By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/03/obama_versus_the_wall_street_journal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/03/obama_versus_the_wall_street_journal/index.html?source=rss In one corner, the White House's Christina Romer. In the other, the WSJ Op-Ed page. It's a 12-rounder, for sure By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/02/public_sector_job_losses/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/02/public_sector_job_losses/index.html?source=rss A big chunk of September's job losses came from the public sector. Should we be encouraged by that? By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/02/september_labor_report/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/02/september_labor_report/index.html?source=rss No good news in September, as the national unemployment rate creeps ever closer to 10 percent By Cindy Reid Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/09/30/pinched_repo_woman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/09/30/pinched_repo_woman/index.html?source=rss My boyfriend and I repossess and clean out foreclosed houses. It's not easy picking up after the American dream By Heather Havrilesky Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2009/09/28/mad_men/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2009/09/28/mad_men/index.html?source=rss Or maybe Matt Weiner knows that life in America really is that strange and brutal By Mary Elizabeth Williams Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/25/homeless_doll/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/25/homeless_doll/index.html?source=rss The trendy, pricey toy line takes on child homelessness, and the New York Post doesn't like it a bit By Judy Berman Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/22/long_distance/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/22/long_distance/index.html?source=rss A tough job market is forcing couples to find work in different cities By Beat Balzli, Mathias Muller von Blumencron and Wolfgang Reuter Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/22/goldman_sachs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/22/goldman_sachs/index.html?source=rss Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein defends bonuses and blames over-mortgaged homeowners for the financial crisis By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/21/climate_change_recession/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/21/climate_change_recession/index.html?source=rss Just what the climate change doctor ordered: A nasty recession By Andy Kroll Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/17/kroll/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/17/kroll/index.html?source=rss It was supposed to change when Obama took office. But D.C.'s influence machine is going strong. Just ask Max Baucus By Alexander Jung and Thomas Schulz Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/15/ferguson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/15/ferguson/index.html?source=rss Historian Niall Ferguson on why we won't be able to prevent financial crises in the future By Robert Reich Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/14/reich/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/14/reich/index.html?source=rss A year after Lehman's collapse, Wall Street is more corrupt than ever By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/10/jobles_claims_september/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/10/jobles_claims_september/index.html?source=rss Jobless claims drop again -- and this time there aren't any anomalies to explain away the improvement By Laura Miller Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/09/10/cheap_miller/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/09/10/cheap_miller/index.html?source=rss At a time when Americans are wallowing in consumer debt, let's reconsider the joys of penny pinching By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/04/labor_day_weekend_labor_report/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/04/labor_day_weekend_labor_report/index.html?source=rss The pace of job loss continues to slow, but the overall picture is still grim